Pickathon 20th Year Kickoff Party
The Northwest’s best music festival celebrates two decades this year, and tonight Pickathon kicks off its 20th anniversary with a free party that will reveal the lineup for this summer’s installment, including surprise performances by some of this year’s featured acts. Be the first to know who’s playing Pickathon 2018, and you might win a prize, too! NED LANNAMANN
Jan 26, 7 pm, Revolution Hall, free w/ rsvp
Dirty Fences, Mean Jeans, Acid Wash
No one makes money selling records anymore, and touring for a living’s no walk in the park, either. These days, the way to cash in on your music is to sell it to a massive corporation, a mom-and-pop shop, the hip local government, or whoever’s got money, really. Enter local garage-pop heroes Mean Jeans, who are taking the antiquated concept of “selling out” to the next level with their new album Jingles Collection. Rather than wait for a company to reach out to them, the band has written and recorded 23 songs about brands like Coors Light, Applebee’s, Skoal, Hot Pockets, and Selsun Blue. Some of these songs are silly, some legitimately slay, and all radiate Mean Jeans’ killer sense of melody and humor. Brands: Get in touch with these dudes. Or show up at the Know tonight to watch ’em do their thing. Yeah, Dunk-a-Roos… we’re looking at you. BEN SALMON
Jan 26, 9 pm, The Know, $10
Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme, Brass Monkey
Seattle sends the Fixin’ To one of its best homegrown funk engines, with support from local Beasties tribute Brass Monkey.
Jan 27, 9 pm, The Fixin’ To, $10
White Boy & The Average Rat B and, Time Rift, Soul Grinder
The reunited DIY hard rock and metal band out of Virginia bring their tour to Portland in support of a recent re-issue of their self-titled 1980 debut.
Jan 28, 8:30 pm, Tonic Lounge, $10
Deathlist, Plastic Cactus, Mini Blinds
Deathlist is the solo recording project of Summer Cannibals bassist Jenny Logan, offering up frenzied punk rock that riffs wildly in a buzzy entanglement of guitar-driven chaos.
Jan 26, 9:30 pm, Mississippi Studios, $8-10
Humours, Dryland, Cages, Law Boss
Bellingham’s Dryland and Seattle’s Cages bring their stoner rock, metal, and punk sounds to the High Water Mark stage for the Portland stop on a Pacific Northwest jaunt. Like-minded locals Humours and Law Boss round out the bill.
Jan 26, 8:30 pm, High Water Mark, $8
Mini Blinds, Gentle Bender
A pair of excellent Portland pop and garage punk duos spearhead the sixth installment of “Dinosaur Juniors”, the Fixin’ To’s ongoing all-ages music series
Jan 27, 4 pm, The Fixin’ To, $7, all ages
Mic Crenshaw
The local legend celebrates the release of his latest LP, Earthbound.
Jan 27, 9 pm, Jack London Revue, $7
Honey Bucket, Table Sugar, Mr. Wrong, Veri Vice
Honey Bucket’s 2016 album, Magical World—released by Portland label See My Friends—is a mid-fi wonder, packed with woozy DIY spirit and wily hooks. Across 13 tracks, Vince Skelly (bass/vocals), Matt Radosevich (guitar/vocals), and Jon Grothman (drums) are somehow disheveled and charming, urgent and easygoing. BEN SALMON
Jan 26, 8 pm, Turn! Turn! Turn!, $5
You Who: Blitzen Trapper, MarchFourth Marching Band, Red Yarn, Moshow the Cat Rapper, Ukeladies, DJ Anjali, Sneakin’ Out
It’s been way too long since the adult-friendly kids’ variety show You Who! took to a Portland stage. But the rollicking dance party/skit/storytelling performance is back at the Crystal Ballroom with Blitzen Trapper headlining a show that’s bound to be too cool for school. COURTNEY FERGUSON
Jan 28, 3 pm, Crystal Ballroom, free, all ages
Don’t forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!